Creator: Michigan State University

Subjects: Athletics, Athletes, Football, Men's Teams

Description:

A posed action photograph of Willie Thrower. He was the first African-American quarterback to play in the Big Ten and also the first in the National Football League when he played with the Chicago Bears in 1953.

Date: September 1950

Format: Image/jpg

Original Format: Negative - film

Resource Identifier: A009990

Language: English

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections

Relation: MSU Negative Collection

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections